track event

British  

noun

1. a competition in athletics, such as relay running or sprinting, that takes place on a running track

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Example Sentences

In 2024, she “placed in the top three in every track event in which B.P.J. competed, winning most,” the state’s attorneys said.

From Los Angeles Times

At the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games she broke the record for the women's C1–3 3,000m individual pursuit, a track event where cyclists race head-to-head on opposite sides of the track.

From BBC

World Athletics, for example, only allows athletes with DSD to compete in female track events if they reduce their testosterone levels.

From BBC

But while apes tended to track events like human adults, six-month-old human babies did not, instead paying attention mostly to the background.

From Science Daily

However Atkinson, who suffered a major crash during the final of his track event last week, struggled throughout and pulled out at about the halfway point of the race.

From BBC